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Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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James tells us why he thinks there’s such enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic in schools.
  1. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  2. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  3. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  5. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  6. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  8. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  9. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  10. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  11. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  12. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  13. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  14. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  15. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  16. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  17. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
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